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Dutrochet (1776-1847). Compared respiration of plants and animals. 
oe exact study of osmosis, and its importance for plant physiology. 
Tissue tension. 
Beet Experimental plant physiology. Showed that nitrates are 
most suitable form of pense supply. 
Knight (1758-1838). Geotrop 
Sachs. Historian of botany. Eanes of modern plant physiology. 
Frank. Plant pathology. 
Gray, Asa. American systematist and teacher 
Darwin, Charles. Natural Selection. Plant Biyeiolones 
Pasteur. Fermentation. Plant diseases 
Mendel, G. Heredity 
Huxley (1825-1895). Theory of Evolut 
Engelmann, Geo. (1809-1884). rerio aime 
The following names have already been suggested for the frieze. 
Please indicate by crossing out or by adding such changes as seem to 
you appropriate 
Aristotle Darwin Knight 
Theophrastus Sachs von M 
Plinius Secundus Gray Sprengel 
Dioscorides Hofmeister DeBary 
Cesalpino Ingen House Pasteur 
Linnaeus Grew de Sassure 
Schleiden Hales Camerarius 
Committee on Names 
The “ Committee on Names” was made up as follows: Arthur, 
Atkinson, Barnhart, Bessey (C. E.), Campbell, Bergen, Bray, 
Coulter (J. M.), Burgess, Curtis, Farlow, Ganong, Hollick, Holm, 
Jeffrey, Johnson, Lloyd, McDougal, Moore, Millspaugh, Mottier, 
Newcombe, Peirce, Schaffner, Ramaley, Spalding, Stevens (F. 
L.), Webber. Total, 28. 
The following botanists who were asked to vote either declined 
or made no reply to the request: Britton, Brown (Stewardson), 
Clements, Cook (O. F.), Duggar, Evans, Galloway, Goodale, 
Greene (E. L.), Harper (R. A.), MacFarlane, Stevens (W. C.), 
Trelease. 
Result of the Ballot 
Table I gives the result of the ballot for names considered by 
the voters as worthy of one of the more prominent places, namely. 
